Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for a global roadmap to ensure permanent recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGSs) by 2030. "We need to chart out a bold and ambitious global roadmap to put us back on the SDGs track, so that no one is left behind," she said while addressing vir...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the major world economies to work with all the stakeholders in partnership to ensure a sustainable future for the next generation. "Major economies have to work with all stakeholders globally in partnership for ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation," she said. The Prime Minister, in a pre-...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka this morning for New York, USA via Helsinki to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka for Helsinki carrying the premier and her entourage members around 9:...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged lawmakers to find out how many people were killed in each jail across the country during Ziaur Rahman's regime. “You (MPs) should move forward to find out how many people were killed in jails, especially in Dhaka, Bogura, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Cumilla. Hundreds of people were hanged to death in eac...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for making education programmes time-befitting, keeping pace with global educational advancement as she witnessed a power point presentation of the draft outline of the national education framework. "The world is progressing ahead. Science and technology are also advancing. We have to keep pa...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated five power plants, having a total of 779-MW electricity generation capacity. The power plants are 400-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Bibiyana-3 in Habiganj, up-gradation of 150-MW Power Plant to 225-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Sylhet, 100-MW Power Plant Unit-2 at Zulda in Chattogram, 104-M...
Bangladesh received two mobile oxygen plants, each with a capacity of generating 960 litres of oxygen per minute, from India on Thursday to support the effort to fight the Covid-19 situation. Indian Navy handed over the oxygen plants developed and manufactured by DRDO in India, to Bangladesh Navy at Chattogram Port at about 10:00am. One oxygen...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today unveiled the foundation stone of the Cox's Bazar Airport runway extension project -- aiming to enable it to offer a longer range of domestic and international passenger services. The Prime Minister inaugurated the construction work on the maritime runway, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, virtually from her...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been governing Bangladesh with a "zero tolerance to terror" policy, says an article published by The Diplomat, highlighting the situation in Afghanistan. The article written by Subir Bhaumik, a former BBC and Reuters correspondent, particularly mentions the efforts taken following the 2016 terror attack on an up...
A unique discussion program "Love, Peace & Freedom; The Philosophy of Bangabandhu" is going to be held on Bangabandhu's odyssey towards the independence of Bangladesh. The program would usher a rare opportunity, especially for the digital generation, to travel the pathway of Bangabandhu’s journey towards our liberation war and nat...
Padma Bridge, Payra Port and Dhaka Metro Rail-6 are among the fast-track projects nearing completion, whereas several others are witnessing a slower than expected implementation rate, according to a progress report. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge project, the largest bridge infrastructure in Bangladesh, had financial progress of 85.74 per cent a...
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said that the next step of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society to ensure transparency, accountability and mobility in financial transactions. “The next dream of digital Bangladesh is to make a cashless society. The blaze service is a part of the cashless ...
India has gifted 31 life support ambulances and other medical equipment to Bangladesh in an effort to help the country deal with the Covid-19 situation. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami formally handed over the equipment and ambulances to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen during a program at the state guesthouse Padma. ...
Different government, semi-government, autonomous bodies, socio-cultural and voluntary organisations and educational institutions observed the National Mourning Day and the 46th martyrdom anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman paying glowing homage to him. The Ministry of Law, Ministry of Land, Ministry of Shi...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official engagement through videoconferences or online platforms almost tripled in the last eight months compared to the last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "She (the premier) took part in 475 video conferences in 2020 while the number of her online official engagement stood at 1,083 in the past eight months," P...
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been implementing massive infrastructure development works aimed at improving the livelihood and socio-economic conditions of the citizens. "We have been implementing our scheduled development projects despite the Covid-19 pandemic," City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton said, while addressing a view-sharing meet...
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib played an unparallel role to shape the thoughts of her husband Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and she contributed extensively to Awami League and the nation’s long struggle for freedom, said academics. “Bangamata played a historic role in the life of Bangabandhu. After Bangabandhu, Bangamata h...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her younger brother Sheikh Kamal had made extensive contributions in the country’s culture and sports arenas. “Sheikh Kamal had made a great contribution after the liberation which helped the country’s culture and sports reach today’s well-heeled position,” she said, taking p...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over newly-constructed flats to 300 low-income families as they were living in slums, enabling them to avail civic amenities. She handed over the allocation papers of the new flats -- in three 14-storey buildings -- on a rental basis. The programme was held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centr...
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has received investment proposals amounting to around US$20.13 billion from 153 investors for the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) in Chattogram for setting up their factories. The zones authority has already allocated over 6,000 acres of land among the investors. In BSMSN, BEZA has alrea...
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